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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Roberto Luongo made 30 saves for his 68th career shutout to lead the Florida Panthers past the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Friday night.

Brad Boyes and Nick Bjugstad scored for Florida, which won for the first time in three games.

Luongo has shutouts in his last three starts in Buffalo, and this one moved him into sole possession of 13th on the NHL’s career list.

Michal Neuvirth made 31 saves for Buffalo, which has lost three in a row.

Florida started the scoring at the 3:29 mark when Sabres defenseman Tyson Strachan missed the puck on a clearing attempt and the Panthers worked the puck to Boyes, who scored alone in front of the net. With Mike Weber in the box for an interference penalty, Bjugstad made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 11:51.

PENGUINS 6, LIGHTNING 3:PITTSBURGH – Steve Downie scored twice after missing five games with the mumps, and the Pittsburgh Penguins used a three-goal, first-period lead to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Chris Kunitz scored a power-play goal, and Evgeni Malkin netted his 17th, as Pittsburgh won its ninth-straight home game against Tampa Bay.

Andrew Ebbett added a goal and an assist, and Christian Ehrhoff also scored.

Brian Boyle, Victor Hedman and Alex Killorn had goals for the Lightning.

CANADIENS 4, DEVILS 2:NEWARK, N.J. – Michael Bournival scored his first two goals of the season and Carey Price made 22 saves on a personal milestone night and the Montreal Canadiens extended their winning streak to five with a victory over the New Jersey Devils.

Price got his 200th victory in his 400th game as Montreal won for the eighth time in the past nine games. Max Pacioretty and Tomas Plekanec also scored for the Canadiens.

Devils’ Michael Ryder got a goal in his returnand Mike Cammalleri also scored.